# Veljko Birmančević

Veljko Birmančević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Бирманчевић; born 5 March 1998) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and the Serbia national team.

## Club career
### Partizan

Birmančević signed his first professional contract with Partizan on 12 February 2016, and got the jersey number 30. He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 21 February 2016 in a match against OFK Beograd. Later, during the spring half-season, coach Ivan Tomić used him as a back-up player in matches against Radnik Surdulica and Vojvodina. In summer 2016, Birmančević was loaned to Teleoptik, where he scored 4 goals on 22 matches in the Serbian League Belgrade for the 2016–17 season. He also extended his loan to Teleoptik for the 2017–18 Serbian First League campaign. He was sold from Malmö FF to Toulouse for a sum around €5 million.

#### Sparta Prague

In June 2023, Birmančević was loaned to Sparta Prague for one season with an option to buy. He signed for the club permanently on 5 March 2024, official from 1 July.
In May 2024, Birmančević helped the club to win its second championship title in two seasons and domestic cup. He was awarded as the player, midfielder and foreign player of the 2023–24 season by the League Football Association.

## International career

Birmančević was called in U18 national during the 2015, and scored one goal in a friendly match against Poland. In August 2016, he was called into the Serbia U19 squad for the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele". Birmančević scored his first goal for Serbia U19 in a match against Sweden, played on 14 November 2016.
In January 2021, Birmančević was called up to the Serbian senior squad by coach Ilija Stolica. He made his debut for the team in a friendly match against the Dominican Republic on 25 January and, four days later, made his second appearance against Panama.
On 28 May 2024, Birmančević was named in the Serbia squad for UEFA Euro 2024. He appeared as a substitute for Andrija Živković in the team's opening match of the tournament against England, making his first competitive appearance for Serbia in the 1–0 loss. He also played in group stage match against Slovenia. Serbia finished fourth in the group.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 15 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Partizan | 2015–16 | Serbian SuperLiga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Teleoptik | 2016–17 | Serbian League Belgrade | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 4 |
| Teleoptik | 2017–18 | Serbian First League | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| Teleoptik | Total | Total | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| Rad | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 |
| Čukarički | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 0 |
| Čukarički | 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 4 |
| Čukarički | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 11 |
| Čukarički | Total | Total | 73 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 15 |
| Malmö FF | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | — | 42 | 14 |
| Malmö FF | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | — | — | 30 | 15 |
| Malmö FF | Total | Total | 46 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 29 |
| Toulouse | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 1 |
| Sparta Prague (loan) | 2023–24 | Czech First League | 30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | — | 46 | 22 |
| Sparta Prague (loan) | 2024–25 | Czech First League | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 7 |
| Sparta Prague (loan) | Total | Total | 49 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | — | — | 76 | 29 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 241 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 80 |
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Includes four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League and three appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Includes two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League and nine appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of 15 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Serbia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2024 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 0 |

## Honours

Partizan
* Serbian Cup: 2015–16
Teleoptik
* Serbian League Belgrade: 2016–17
Malmö FF
* Allsvenskan: 2021
* Svenska Cupen: 2021–22
Toulouse
* Coupe de France: 2022–23
Sparta Prague
* Czech First League: 2023–24
* Czech Cup: 2023–24
Individual
* Allsvenskan Young Player of the Year: 2021
* Svenska Cupen Top goalscorer: 2021–22
* Czech First League player of the season: 2023–24
* Czech First League midfielder of the season: 2023–24
* Czech First League foreign player of the season: 2023–24